Published: 27 Mar 2014 11:50 GMT+01:00Updated: 27 Mar 2014 11:50 GMT+01:00 Swiss authorities have rejected a request for asylum by Anna Hutsol, the founder of Ukrainian women’s protest group Femen, whose members are famous for baring their breasts to make political statements. Cantons seek DNA tests for asylum seekers (18 Aug 13) Asylum seeker protests anger many Swiss (16 Aug 13) Swiss slammed over treatment of refugees (14 Aug 13) Topless feminists protest against Davos forum (27 Jan 13) Hutsol, >>>

Where Femen Has Gone Wrong? This image published by the Femen official website, I has a caption, F--k you Putin. Cartoon published by the Femen official website I agree with their concept of sexual positivity. In fact, I respect and support their act of claiming their bodies within a largely sexually repressive society. However, But, I do not agree with their methods. Muslim women can proclaim freedom for themselves. Forcing one ideology over another isn’t freedom. Not only is it wrong to claim that all women under the sweeping brush of “Islamism” (an Orientalist >>>

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by Michael-Oliver Harding The story of Femen, Ukraine’s infamously topless feminist group, is totally riveting, but not for the reasons you’d think — i.e., its radical protest tactics, with bare-breasted beauties shouting incendiary slogans against prostitution and patriarchy before a gawking international press corps. As first-time Aussie filmmaker Kitty Green reveals in her compelling DIY documentary, Ukraine Is Not a Brothel, the problematic and at times downright contradictory structure of Femen in its early years speaks volumes about the corrupt and broken country out of which >>>

Russian aggression has driven women to exhibit the latest extreme manifestation of a long protest tradition dating back to ancient Greece and the play "Lysistrata", in which radical gals 2,400 years ago used sex as a weapon for peace. Observe contemporary mass protest movements, and it is noteworthy that women are again leading many of the most effective and jarring campaigns. Whether Ukraine's Femen or a provocative punk rock band in Russia, women are in the lead squaring off against authoritarianism in bully states. Coinciding with the run-up to the recent International Women's Day, >>>

Posted: Friday, March 14, 2014 12:00 am Protest should not be defined by extremists By MARKOS KOUNALAKIS For the Sacramento Bee Herald and News | 0 comments Topless demonstrators in Ukraine are part of the self-defined “sextremist” Femen group — radical women protesting the Russian invasion of Crimea. Femen >>>

Email Print Topless demonstrators in Ukraine are part of the self-defined “sextremist” Femen group — radical women protesting the Russian invasion of Crimea. Femen is a stark example of frontline femmes who use their bodies and their voices to fight status-quo corruption, war and a political oligarchy. They are the most recent vocal group of women to take to the streets to defeat structures that often claim them as the first and greatest casualties. Russian aggression has driven women to exhibit the latest extreme manifestation of a long protest >>>

Russian aggression has driven women to exhibit the latest extreme manifestation of a long protest tradition dating back to the ancient Greek play “Lysistrata,” in which radical women 2,400 years ago used sex to organize for peace. For those watching the contemporary mass protest movements, it is noteworthy that women are again leading many of the most effective and jarring protests. Whether Ukraine’s Femen or a provocative punk rock band in Russia, women are in the lead squaring off against authoritarianism in bully states.Coinciding with the run-up to the recent International >>>

EDMONTON - A Grade 6 class has taken Alberta's top politicians to task for childish behaviour, but opposition politicians say it's the Speaker who needs to sit in the corner.A letter made public this week from Innisfail Middle School informed the legislature that the students will no longer attend question period after watching repeated displays of rudeness, name-calling and offensive language.The school, in the letter dated last November, said while all parties were at fault, students were particularly appalled over the >>>

Topless demonstrators in Ukraine are part of the self-defined "sextremist" Femen group - radical women protesting the Russian invasion of Crimea. Femen is a stark example of frontline femmes who use their bodies and their voices to fight status-quo corruption, war and a political oligarchy. They are the most recent vocal group of women to take to the streets to defeat structures that often claim them as the first and greatest casualties. Russian aggression has driven women to exhibit the latest extreme manifestation of a long protest tradition >>>